Parmalee Sets New American Endurance Record In Aviation Meet
San Francisco reports Philip O. Parmalee piloting a Wright biplane stayed aloft 3 hours 39 minutes 15 seconds to establish a new American endurance record at the local aviation meet. Crowd cheers as Parmalee lands, earns hero’s welcome. honors include a gold army medal and invitation from Mme Luisa Tetrazzini.
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Bad. Francisco
San Francicoi
Philip O. Parmalee
América
A. L. Welsh
St. Louis
Archibald Hoxsey
Los Angeles
Eugene B. Ely
Parmaree
Selfridge Field
Tasker H. Busey
Barmalee
Ely
Pennsylvania
Army
Navy
J. P. O’neill
Pond
Thirtieth Infantry
Aviation Committee
Mme
Luisa Tetrazzini
Ingleside Golf Links
Aviation Field
Myron Crissey
Walter Brookins
Charles F. Willard
É James
Radiey
Thaddeus
Kerns
Chigg
Geo H. Loose
Loose U
Cuba Flight Plan From Key West to Havana
Airman J A D McCurdy inspected Camp Columbia grounds in Havana and chose the polo field as a landing site. He will depart tomorrow from Havana on the Paulding to Key West and intends to start Tuesday morning between 8 and 9 o clock for an aerial voyage to Cuba. He expects a two hour run if conditions remain favorable, circling Morro Castle then following the Malecon Drive to the Campe.
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Havana
J. A. D. McCurdy
Key West
Paulding
Camp Columbia
O'Clwek
Cuba
Morro Castle
Campe
Weymann Flies across France with Three Passengers
Henry Weymann completed a notable flight in France taking three passengers. He traversed from M C Amelon to Rheims and back, about sixty kilometers, completing the round trip in one hour. Earlier he accomplished a nearly identical route with two passengers.
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Amelon
France
Henry Weymann
Rheims
Weymann
Aviator Bielovucci flies over Callao harbor at 200 feet
Liwa Peru January 22 Bielovucci the aviator flew to Callao circling warships at 200 feet then returned to the race course for a perfect landing. Tenaud Peruvi an aviator also flew but his motor failed causing a sudden descent though he was uninjured. Werner H Nostrand Richmond Hill Queens broke his left leg in a street fall and may require amputation after walking home.
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Liwa
Peru
Bielovucci
Callao
Tenaud
Werner H. Nostrand
North
Oak Street
Richmond Hill
Queens
X Street
Denial on Morton Appointment Tangle From Hotel Seymour
Paul L. Kiernan of Hotel Seymour denies knowing Paul Morton and denies any appointment or business with him. Kiernan says neither he nor Mrs. Kiernan met Morton and that Morton died near Apartment 55 while Kiernan vacated it. Kiernan was en route to Chicago and has had no contact with Morton's family.
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Paul L. Kiernan
Seymour
Paul Morton
Morton
Chicago
Mr. Kiernan
Mr. Morton
Snow causes rooftop brawl ends with arrests at 138 Graham Avenue
Louis Friedman started to shovel snow from his Williamsburg roof at 138 Graham Avenue. Snow toppled onto Joseph Polerstock’s bedroom ledge and sparked a fight in which both men used a shovel and broom handle. A nearby Italian resident fired a revolver to draw police, shots were fired, a woman cried fire, and fire units checked the roof. Friedman and Polerstock were arrested and held on 300 bail each for a hearing today.
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Louis Friedman
Graham Avenue
Williamsburg
Joseph Polerstock
Polerstock
Friedman
Powers Street
Manhattan Avenue
Stagg Street
Butler and Mrs Young clash over NEA chairmanship
Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University and Ella Flagg Young Chicago Public Schools superintendent, both National Education Association trustees, face a contentious bid for permanent Board of Trustees chair at a Manhattan Hotel meeting. Young skips meeting. Milwaukee’s Carroll Pearse supports her protest against Butler’s election.
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New York Times
Chicago
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Ella Flagg Young
Chicago Public Schools
National Education Association
Manhattan Hotel
New York
Butler
James M. Greenwood
Kansas City
H. B. Brown
Valparaiso University
Young
Carroll G. Pearse
Milwaukee
Boston
Rob Sightseer Robbed of 10000 in Chicago
Samuel Karp of the St. Petersburg Fur Co Atlantic City told police he was robbed of about 10200 while touring Chicago Red Light districts with two men he met in Lincoln Nebraska. He hailed Officer Dawe near Dearborn and Twenty first Street at 1 a m and later learned the theft occurred before reaching Dawes Street.
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New York Times
Chicago
Samuel Karp
St. Petersburg Fur Company
Atlantic City
Red Light
Lincoln
Neb
Earp
John Dawe
Dearborn
Twenty-first Street
Grand Pacific Hotel
Benjamin Karp
Samuel
Dawes
Karp
Dawes Street
Rag Man Named in Battle Creek Brief
A garbled OCR snippet mentions a rag man in Battle Creek with unclear details. The fragment hints at local note taking or a small event but lacks verifiable specifics or named individuals beyond generic roles.
Subway tragedy on Twenty third Street platform fatal to Miss Violet D'Arcy
Miss Violet D Arcy a Belgian Consul stenographer was killed at 10 40 am on the Twenty third Street Subway platform when a southbound shuttle train struck her as onlookers leaned over the track. Her companion John T Kewish and bystanders were shaken but not seriously injured. The motorman says no whistle warning was given. the transit officials defend the whistle safety procedures.
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Violet D’arcy
Twentythird Street
D’arcy
Worth Street
Uptown
Grand Central Station
Bleecker Street
Twenty-third Street Station
Diatey
John T. Kewish
Broadway
East Twentyfirst Street
East Twenty-fifth Street
Kewish
Ethical Culture Society
Sixty-first Street
Central Park West
Felix Adler
Bellevue Hospital
Fitzroy D’arcy
Eunas
Roselle Park
N. J
England
Miss D’arcy
Dr. Adler
Miss D'Arcy
Harry Grant
Waidler
Grant
Aidler
Times Readers Urged to Place Next Sunday's Issue Orders
Advertisers urge readers to secure copies of the upcoming Times by placing advance orders with local news dealers to ensure delivery for the Sunday edition.
Murder mystery on Soo Line sleeping car
A man strangled in a sleeping car aboard a Winnipeg Soo Line train is identified by tickets and money linked to L R Lowes of Ontario, whose brother denies knowing the dead man. Police investigate a possible disguise, missing Lowes, and a potential motive tied to a Northern travel.
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Tef River Falls
Minn
Winnipeg Soo Line
Erskine
Thief River
L. R. Lowes
Cannington
Ont
Lowes
Utica
N. Y
T. H
R. Lowes
Ontario
Chicago
Blackstone
Lewes
Lower Berth 13
Minneapolis
Baldwin Opposes Taft On Panama Canal Fortification
Gov Simeon E Baldwin of Connecticut declares opposition to fortifying the Panama Canal in a discussion of President Taft’s address. He argues the need is not clear from a realist view, noting possible obstacles from foreign courts and capitals and expressing confidence in Anglo American treaty respect and tribunal submission if disputes arise.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Simeon E. Baldwin
President Taft
Panama Canal
Society For the Settlement of International
American Social Sciencessociation
Taft
Pennsylvania Society
United States
Central America
England
Car Float Sinks in Hell Gate Collision
A Bush Terminal Company car float No. 4 sank off East Ninety-first Street while being towed by the tug Beatrice Bush from Brooklyn to Mott Haven. Seven loaded freight cars loaded with auto parts plunged over the bow as the craft settled after striking a submerged rock. Two men aboard were rescued by rowboat as efforts to raise the sunken float and cars were planned.
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Hell Gate
The
Bush Terminal Company
East Ninety-first
Bush Company
Beatrice Bush
Brooklyn
Mott Haven
New York
Shipping Arrivals Include Virginie Shields and Siavan
Arrived vessels include the Virginie at Havre on January 7, the Shields on January 6, and the Siavan on January 5. The list mentions S8 Acre Bar rados January 15 and 98 Caroline with gen Juan January 38, with garbled notes following about readership and rent.
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Havre
Se Shields
Siavan
Acre
Barrados
Caroline
Juan
President Lincoln in collision at sea near Goodwin Sands
Off Goodwin Sands the Hamburg American liner President Lincoln and the Wilson liner Tasso collided in fog. The President Lincoln, uninjured, assisted the damaged Tasso into Dover along with tugs and the escorting vessel's electric deck lights lit for emergencies. The Tasso was badly damaged and the President Lincoln carried a small passenger list.
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Gollision
Ican
Lincoln
New York
Hamburg
Wilson
Tasso
Goodwin Sands
London
Belfast
Ireland
Harland & Wolff
Plymouth
Cherbourg
S. L. Alvord
C. H. Cluster, Jr
Royal M. Cohn
Martin Conboy
F. Dudley
W. J. Harris
T. H. McCarthy
Ernest Napier
Emma Pawel
Elwin Zinn
W. F. Yeslin
M. P. E. Grossman
Hull
North Sea
Norway
Sweden
Fearful Silence After the Chicago Sinks
Wireless stations along Washington and British Columbia could not locate the fishing steamer Chicago after distress calls persisted for an hour. Forty men were aboard and the vessel was believed off Vancouver Island when signals faded, suggesting flooding of the engine room and loss of power.
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New York Times
Seattle
Wash
Washington
British Columbia
Chicago
Vancouver Island
Prince Furstenberg Stranded in Berlin Train Break Split
Prince Furstenberg faced a tense episode while traveling to attend Prince Hohenlohe’s funeral. Split train cars left him and his valet separate. the valet’s clothing remained behind. The prince dressed in a blanket, waited in the station barefoot and cold for the second half to arrive.
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Berlin
Prince Furstenberg
Breslau
Vatet
Landrzin
Threaten Wage Decreases Warned by Rail Laborers
Worcester meeting of New England members of the American Railroad Employes and Investors Association warned that freight rate increases are needed to prevent wage cuts for railroad workers. P H Morrissey noted long stagnant class rates while commodity values rose, and said modest rate hikes are insufficient for consumers. Timothy B Burns of the New York Haven Hartford spoke on wage implications.
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Worcester
Mass
New England
American Railroad Employes and Investors’ Association
P. “H. Morrissey
Timothy B. Burns
York Haven & Hartford
Ill American magnate sails home from Dublin in ill health
J. J. Carton of Illinois, critically ill, insisted on boarding the Mauretania at Queenstown for the voyage home despite doctors advice. He had been seriously ill in Dublin for four weeks and was transferred from tender to liner amid a violent hemorrhage, shocking Mauretania passengers.
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NEW York Times
Queenstown
J. J. Carton
Illinois
Mauretania
Connaught Named Regent During King's India Absence
London January 22. It is reported the Duke of Connaught will be appointed Regent while the King is in India for the coronation durbar. This could delay his replacement of Lord Grey as Governor General of Canada.
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London
Duke of Connaught
India
Lord.Grey
Canada
Archaeologist Dr William C Winslow regains sight after lens cure
In Boston on January 22 1920 Dr William Copley Winslow a noted archaeologist historian and former Episcopal minister regains the ability to see after four years of blindness thanks to a glass lens. At over 71 he still reads signs watches foot traffic on the Charles River bridge and recognizes faces for the first time in years.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
William Copley Winslow
Episcopal
Winslow
Charles River
Cambridge
Women internes take posts at Hempstead Hospital
Hempstead Hospital in Hempstead New York introduces women internes led by Mrs O H P Belmont with Dr Lubin and Dr Alice Boden set to begin duties within a week The first woman doctor seen on an ambulance in Long Island Dr Resnick has already answered several calls The latest call preceded the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Leader Smith of Hempstead
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New York Times
Hempstead
N. Y
Hempstead Hospital
O. H. P. Belmont
Lubin
New York Infirmary
Alice Boden
Rochester
Hempstead Institution
Resnick
Long Island
Leader Smith
Boy Kills Playmate in Pittsfield Church Walk
In Pittsfield Massachusetts on January 22 14 year old James McKeever stabbed and killed Francis Donovan also 14 while returning from church with a group of Tillotson youths. Authorities say a dispute over a remark led to the fatal neck wound from a pocketknife.
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Pittsfield
Mass
James McKeever
Francis Donovan
McKeever
Donovan
Tillotson
Chinese Fight Bluejackets Hankow Fury Kills Ten
Rioting erupted after a coolie died under police custody in Hankow. British and German gunboats landed troops and marines to quell the unrest as Chinese forces regained control. Several foreigners were injured in the clashes in the treaty port on the Yangtse Kiang.
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Hankow
China
Bronx father says son tried to shoot at dinner
Police were alerted by a phone call from a man at a Bronx drug store reporting his son, Carl Hecht, aged 18, drew a revolver at dinner and pursued him after an argument about work. Police arrested Carl at the Hecht home after the chase. The father accused his son of attempted assault and the son asked whether he could have his father arrested for rebuking him.
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Clancy
Tremont
174Th Street
Third Avenue
Bronx
Prinz Hecht
Hecht
Carl
German Socialists Protest Across Prussia in Mass Meetings
Hundreds of Socialist meetings were held across Prussia today. Resolutions protesting the failure of the speech from the throne were adopted in Berlin and other cities as the movement presses for reform and political expression.
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Berlin
Prussia
Huppuch Actively Supports Party Unity In Albany
Winfield A. Huppuch, Democratic State Committee chairman, urged Assembly members and State Senators elected on the Democratic ticket to back the caucus nominee for Senator. Gov. Dix denied involvement, stating he would not interfere, while Sheehan, Murphy, and Cram were noted figures in Albany politics.
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Hudson Falls
N. Y
Winfield A. Huppuch
Democratic State Committee
Gov
Dix
Winfield A. Huppuch, Jr
New York Times
Caugus
State Committee
Murphay
Mr. Huppuch
Gov. Dix
New York
Pennsylvania Society
Albany
Huppuch
the Waldorf
Hup- Puch
William F. Sheehan
Charles F. Murphy
Good Ground
L. I
J. Sergeant Cram
Feral Committee
Tammany Haltor
Sheehan
Albany clash deepens over caucus nominee for Senator
In Albany on January 22, Democratic leaders and key figures split over Governor Dix's call for lawmakers to follow their constituents rather than caucus dictates. Chairman Huppuch urged obedience to the caucus nominee, while Thomas M. Osborne and Edward M. Shepard supporters argue lawmakers should heed the will of their constituents and act with conscience.
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New York Times
Albany
Huppuch
Democratic State Committee
Sheehan
Thomas M. Osborne
Edward M. Shepard
Auburn
Dix
Osborne
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